Reports
Including research, analysis, policy recommendations, and surveys done by Sex Matters.
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Getting back on track
Using the Equality Act to enable and protect sport for women and girls
4th June 2026
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One year later
The Supreme Court made the law clear. So why are we still waiting for the rights of women and...
9th April 2026
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Everyday cancellation in publishing – summary report
The costs and legal risks of discrimination against gender-critical staff and authors, by Matilda Gosling for Sex Matters and...
25th June 2025
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Everyday cancellation in publishing
By Matilda Gosling for Sex Matters and SEEN in Publishing
25th June 2025
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What happened at Sussex University?
What led the University of Sussex to adopt an unlawful policy that led the Office for Students to fine...
1st April 2025
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Sex and the Data Bill – summary report
The government’s new trust framework for digital verification services has a critical flaw: government data itself is not trustworthy...
6th December 2024
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Sex and the Data Bill
The government's new trust framework for digital verification services has a critical flaw: government data itself is not trustworthy...
18th November 2024
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WPATH in the UK
A list of organisations in the UK influenced by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, and lobby groups...
5th March 2024
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Women’s services: a sector silenced
This report by Matilda Gosling and Sex Matters examines the effects of gender-identity beliefs on the women’s sector, based...
15th January 2024
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Women’s services: a sector silenced – summary report
A summary of our report examining the effects of gender-identity beliefs on the women’s sector, including the results of...
15th January 2024
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Sex and the law in the UK
Shadow report on the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and...
31st December 2023
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Making the Equality Act clear – the story so far
This is the story so far, but it is just the beginning. The next stage in the campaign is...
25th September 2023
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Keeping children safe as girls and boys in education
The first review of the UK's legal framework on sex and gender in education shows that thousands of schools...
4th September 2023
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It’s time to make the Equality Act clear
This 20-page booklet explains why we have asked the government to consider clarifying the meaning of “sex” in the...
5th June 2023
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Lesbians without liberty
With a foreword by Joanna Cherry, this document investigates how the UK denies freedom of association to women who...
24th February 2023
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How can the Equal Treatment Bench Book be made fit for purpose?
The Bench Book is produced by the Judicial College for judges and magistrates in England and Wales as a...
7th November 2022
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Why single-sex services matter: privacy, dignity, safety and choice (full report)
Over the past few years many single-sex services and spaces have been changed to mixed sex, but few of...
18th July 2022
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Why single-sex services matter: privacy, dignity, safety and choice (key findings)
Over the past few years many single-sex services and spaces have been changed to mixed sex, but few of...
18th July 2022
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Why single-sex services matter: privacy, dignity, safety and choice (30-minute read)
Over the past few years many single-sex services and spaces have been changed to mixed sex, but few of...
18th July 2022
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Briefing for conversion therapy debate
The Government has decided to introduce a law banning “gay conversion therapy’”, but following consultation decided not to introduce...
11th June 2022
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Sex Matters in Sport – webinar
Developmental biologist Dr Emma Hilton and sports scientist Dr Ross Tucker in a conversation moderated by Helen Joyce, author...
30th May 2022
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Briefing: “Conversion” therapy or just therapy?
There has been a media report that a young patient has complained to the General Medical Council about Dr...
23rd May 2022
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Response to Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
Sex Matters’ response to the government consultation, submitted on 9th May 2022. The rules for obtaining a GRC should...
16th May 2022
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Why ban talking therapy?
How a campaign to criminalise the most effective treatment for gender-distressed children made it from the margins to the...
3rd May 2022
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Analysis of the open letter to the Equality and Human Rights Commission from the Survivors’ Network
On 4th April 2022 the EHRC issued new guidance on the law on single-sex and separate-sex services, which was...
27th April 2022
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Sex and digital identities
How digital identities can solve the problem with sex and gender identity – and how getting it wrong will...
14th February 2022
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Recent cases – implications for single-sex and separate-sex services
This briefing considers the implications of the cases of Green v Secretary of State, for Justice, AEA v EHRC,...
3rd February 2022
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Clear rules and girls’ schools
Why is the Girls’ Day School Trust’s new policy important and what are the implications for other charities and...
11th January 2022
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Conversion therapy position paper
A new law seeks to remove medical gatekeeping by making doctors afraid of disagreeing with a patient’s self-declared gender...
15th November 2021
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Rapid review of Coventry University research on conversion therapy
Is there evidence to support the proposal to criminalise people who engage in talking therapies “aiming to change someone...
3rd November 2021
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Professor Kathleen Stock – the disinformation exposed
The protestors have been circulating falsehoods and vexatious arguments – here‘s our response.
27th October 2021
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Reviewing Annex B
How can the NHS fulfil its promise of dignity and privacy for all on single-sex hospital wards? We suggest...
6th October 2021